Excitebike is great fun and a commendable attempt to retain the addictive gameplay of the NES classic while also giving it a modern day makeover. The lack of local multiplayer is a crime but the superb addition of online play still makes makes this well worth getting, whether you're a fan of the original or have never played it.
El33tonline writes:
"The Excite series has seen some great entries on the Wii. ExciteTruck, a close-to-launch title, was a great trick-racing game where stars collected while racing through drifting, tree-running, jumping, spinning and generally performing unrealistic stunts were almost more important than winning the race. ExciteBots took the idea and went even more crazy: racing mechanized insects was just the tip of the insanity-iceberg. If you're looking for more of that then ExciteBike: World Challenge will disappoint. That's because it returns to the simplicity of the original ExciteBike and re-imagines it. The result is a very simple game with good depth and a lot of fun."
3djuegos: Nintendo invites us to return to the past with the revival of the classic Excitebike, a title that brings all of the original and unforgettable exploits online gameplay and infrastructure Wii. As a result we have one of the most enriching experiences of the catalog. Melancholy and entertainment merge in a renovated classic in small proportions.
IG writes: "There is a new trend in videogame land: games from a bygone era to revitalize through the online platform. Be it through a (custom) or by re-launching a completely new - but based loosely on an old - game; on WiiWare alone there are numerous examples for this. So is the recent Excite Bike: World Challenge, somewhere between the two aforementioned types of dangles."
